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In December 2017 the government stated it would introduce legislation to tackle unfair practices in the leasehold market.

As many landlords are aware, from 1 April 2015 the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards ("MEES") Regulations 2015 have required landlords to provide a valid energy performance...

Lease covenants that require landlords to act reasonably when tenants seek their consent (known as "fully qualified" covenants) are common.

It is well known that the Lands Tribunal may modify or remove restrictive covenants affecting freehold land but it is less well known that the same statutory grounds

This edition explores emerging trends in UK real estate, from investors acquiring stakes in property manager businesses to the implications of the Brussels Finance Tower judgment on cash trap clauses in loan documents.

The headline news from the Housing and Planning Act 2016 makes it look as though there is a good new solution to enable residential landlords to get their property back in their control when it has been abandoned.

The House of Lords will this week review the decision of the Court of Appeal on the recovery of arrears from a former tenant when there is an outstanding rent review.

It has been confirmed that distress will be abolished and replaced with a statutory procedure for the collection of commercial rent arrears.

Introducing the next episode in our real estate coffee break video discussions, focusing on the topical issues facing our real estate clients.

In short it has been concluded by the arbitrator that rent relief during the pandemic was not for retailers' offices, only their shops.

The government has announced in the Queen's Speech that it will shortly publish a White Paper setting out details of the much anticipated Renters' Reform Bill.

Under the Renters Reform Bill ("the Bill"), it is proposed that the Section 21 notice will be scrapped and instead, landlords will be required to satisfy one of the existing or new Section 8...

Landlords in the habit of granting assured shorthold tenancies ('AST') will be familiar with the statutory requirement that the tenant of a new AST

After a considerable period of consultation, RICS have this week published the new "Code for leasing business premises" (1st edition, February 2020) (the New Code) which, according to RICS...

If you need specialist legal advice on sporting rights within agricultural or rural property that's backed by real-world commercial experience, you're in safe hands with us.

According to a recent study conducted by Shelter, an organisation which exists to assist people in housing emergencies, notices pursuant to Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988...

Where a landlord imposes a service charge on a mixed-use building it is open to challenge from an individual residential tenant if it do es not follow the more stringent procedures relating to residential service charges.

A decision in the high court last week in the matter of Mortgage Express vs Sawali means that anyone signing a mortgage form or offer may have signed away their rights to legal professional privilege - the privilege whereby a solicitor is able to withhold disclosure of certain documents relevant to a dispute - with regards to their mortgage transaction even if the mortgage offer was signed before the solicitor was instructed.